Sash-fastener.



J. A. SHEARBR.

SASH PASTENER.

AIPLIOATION FILED 01:11.17, 1909.

971,569. Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

JOSEPH A.

SHEARER, OF ASHLAND, CHIC.

SASE-EASTENER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented @et 4t, 191th Application led December 17, 1909. Serial No. 533,683.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOSEPH A. SHEARER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashland, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. l

.This invention relates to sash fasteners, and it has for its object to provide an improved article of manufacture in that the novel features thereof are designed not only to simplify the structure but to facilitate the process of its manufacture by permitting it to he made of a minimum number of parts easily fashioned, quickly assembled, and securely held against disassembling, thereby permitting the manufacture of the article at a minimum cost.

`With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim; and, in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of portions of the meeting rails of a pair of sashes with the improved device applied, the glass of the upper sash being in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sect-ion on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. t is a perspective view of the locking bolt detached.

T he improved device is designed to be applied to the meeting rails of a pair of sashes,

and in the drawings the meeting rail of the lower sash is represented at 10 and the meeting rail of the upper sash at 11. rllhe glass of the upper sash is represented at 12 and the glass of the lower sash is represented at 13, these parts being of the usual construction.

The improved device comprises a housing or casing 14 formed with its bottom and one end open and having a lateral base flange 15 and bearing upon the meeting rail 10 of the lower sash and secured in position by screws or other suitable fastening means. The housing 14 is provided in its upper side with a longitudinal slot 16 leading through its open end, and connected to the meeting rail 11 of the upper sash is a hollow keeper member 17 secured upon the meeting rail by screws 18 or other suitable fastening means.

Mounted to slide within the housing 14 is a bolt member 20 having a longitudinal transverse slot .21 therethrough, and with an inclined outer end represented at 2Q, the inclined outer end of the bolt adapted to be seated within the keeper 17, as shown. Extending through the housing 111 is a pin 23, the pin likewise extending through the slot 21 of the bolt. Located within the slot 21 of the bolt is a coiled spring 211 bearing at one end against the forward end of the bolt, and with the other end of the spring coiled around the pin 23, as shown. By this means the spring exerts its force to maintain the bolt yieldably in its projected position, and the pin 23 is so located that when the bolt is thus held by the spring in its forward position the pin acts as a stop to limit the forward movement of the bolt.

Extending upwardly from the bolt 23 is a perforated integral handle member 26, the handle extending through the slot 1G and slidable therein, and provided with lateral flanges 27 bearing slidably upon the upper face of the housing. By this arrangement downward movement of the bolt is prevented.

When the improved device is applied to sashes whose meeting rails are accessible to a person from the floor of the room, the handle member Q6 can be manually actuated, but when the meeting rails are at such a height as to prevent easy access from the floor, a cord or string may be applied to the handle member and extend over the meeting rail of the sash to a point convenient to the hand of the operator.

The improved device may be constructed of any required size and of any suitable form or ornamental design, and will preferably be constructed of brass or like metal or metallic compounds.

rlhe improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and applied to sashes of various sizes and locate-d at any point from the floor.

The pin Q3 it will be noted performs the two-fold function of a means for supporting the spring 24rand likewise as a stop to limit the outward movement of the bolt.

That is claimed is As an article of manufacture, a housing having its bottom and one end open and provided in its top With a longitudinal slot leading' to its open end, a bolt disposed in the housing and projecting from the open end ot' the latter, said bolt having a transverse slot and provided With an integral upper extension passing through the slot of the housing' and movable longitudinally thereof with the bolt, said extension having laterally directed flanges disposed upon the upper face of the housing, whereby downward movement of the corresponding portion of the bolt Within the housing is prevented, a pin engaged transversely through the housing and the slot of the bolt and of a diameter less than the longitudinal extent of said slot of the bolt, and a spring Within the slot ot the bolt and bearing With its ends respectively against the pin and the side of the slot in the direction of the projecting end of the bolt.

In testimony whereof, l aHiX my signature, in presence of tu'o Witnesses.

JOSEPH A. SHEARER. Vitnesses B. F. PAULLIN, A. M. KOHLER. 

